The correct response is:
She divided by the wrong number. She should have divided by 6 to get 18 ÷ 6 = 3.
Shane picks 18 apples on Monday. He picks 18 apples on Tuesday. He then shares his apples equally among 6 friends.
Talia says that 18÷6=3
, and 3 is less than 4. So, Talia concludes that each friend gets fewer than 4 apples.
What mistake did Talia make?
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She divided by the wrong number. She should have divided by 3 to get 18÷3=6
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She divided by the wrong number. She should have divided by 3 to get 18 ÷ 3 = 6 .
She didn't include all of the picked apples. She should have added 18+18=36
and found 36÷6=6
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She didn't include all of the picked apples. She should have added 18 + 18 = 36 and found 36 ÷ 6 = 6 .
She divided 18÷6
incorrectly. Each friend will get 2 apples.
She divided 18 ÷ 6 incorrectly. Each friend will get 2 apples.
She should have concluded that 4 is greater than 3, so each friend gets more than 4 apples.
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